Circle Of Light

WTF

Juli, pwnschlager, wirehead and I are going to build an LED project for Die Schmiede. We use this page to organize the project.

Document describing the whole system: Datei:CoFArch.pdf

What?	Who?	Cost	Status
1000 WS2811 LEDs	amir & pwnschlager	138$	Order pending
(Guess) 4 x PC power supplies	?	?	Aren't there some at the lab?
Oscilloscope	?	?	?
Tap measure	?	?	?
Lab power supply	wirehead	0$	Will bring it
Multimeter	?	?	?
Solder iron, solder, short cables	?	?	?
Long power cables	amir	0$	I have several meters
Long signal cables	amir	0$	I have a large box full of 1m audio cables
Microcontroller for usb to midi	?	?	?
Microcontrollers for midi to LED translators	?	?	?
Yet undetermined electronic parts (like Mosfets)	?	?	?
Laptop	amir	0$	We are going to use my laptop
Fog machine?	?	?	?
Bauzaun?	?	?	?
Two Wiimotes	rin / ?	? / 0$	Maybe we may borrow from the lab / Can borrow from rin
4 sets of rechargeable batteries for the Wiimotes	?	?	?
PA	amir	0$	I've got decent and loud active speakers
Organize a net to mount the LEDs on	juli	?	?

What?	Who?	Cost	Status
Test the maximum length of a LED-strand (and therefor determine the number of needed power lines)	?	?	?
Program a Wiimote receiver for the laptop (x64-linux).	amir	0$	Already done for another project
Program visuals based on Wiimote input for the laptop	?	?	?
Encode the visuals to midi with a program for the laptop	?	?	?
Build and program a usb to midi transmitter dongle for the laptop. Optionally buy or borrow a midi interface	?	?	?
Build and program midi receiver to LED boards (short MW-boards) for each strand	?	?	?
Solder LED-strands with MW-boards	?	?	?
Solder power lines from power supplies to LED-strands	?	?	?